The deputy governor of the Swedish central bank Tuesday warned against making premature judgments that the end of the euro zone in its current form is approaching amid rising concerns that Greece is about to leave the bloc.

Speaking in her first interview since taking up the post as number two on the Riksbank’s governing board, Kerstin af Jochnick chose to emphasize what has been achieved in tackling the problems faced by Greece rather than predicting a euro-zone breakdown.

Her words came in stark contrast to those of Sweden’s Finance Minister Anders Borg, who on the same day said Greece’s euro-zone membership “is nearing the end of the road.”

“It is easy to cry wolf but at the same time we must see Europe in a longer perspective and understand that it is a big peace project,” Ms. af Jochnick told Dow Jones Newswires at her Stockholm office. “It is clear that you can get discouraged but we need to see that there is a strong will to make this work even in the future.”